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The Wreck of the Brig Earl of Dalhousie
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The Wreck of the Brig Earl of Dalhousie
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The Brig "Earl of Dalhousie" was hired in 1821 to take a group of emigrants from the western Scottish Highlands to Canada. After a voyage of six or seven weeks, the brig stopped at Cape Breton Island to let off an unknown number of passengers before heading into the Gulf of St Lawrence, where it was blown off course in stormy, foggy weather. On September 6th, the brig sank off Anticosti Island. The 140 passengers and crew survived, marooned on the island. After approximately ten days, 100 of the passengers were rescued. The remainder were picked up after spending twenty-four days on the island. The author traced a number of the survivors, who eventually settled in Grenville Township, about half way between Montreal and Ottawa, on the north shore of the Ottawa River.
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2008
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en
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McPhee, Cecil J. “The Wreck of the Brig Earl of Dalhousie.” Last modified 2008. http://www.scotchroadcemetery.com/dalhousie/The%20Wreck%20of%20the%20Brig%20The%20Earl%20of%20Dalhousie.15.pdf.
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